A Parliamentary panel on Thursday asked government to expeditiously pass the Constitution Amendment Bill to safeguard the interest of SCs/STs in services. It also noted that the concept of creamy layer defining economic criteria for reservation is only applicable for Other Backward Class (OBC) and not for SCs/STs reservation. "In order to safeguard the rights of the SCs/STs in services, the Committee strongly urge the government to pass the Constitution Amendment Bill expeditiously," said the report of 30-member panel comprising MPs from both Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha. The report of the Committee, headed by Kirit P Solanki, observed that in general, reservation in promotion is being followed in government services. The Bill was introduced in the Rajya Sabha but lapsed in the Lok Sabha.

Source: dna August 11, 2016 17:26 UTC